LOS BANOS, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(045118) LOS BANOS
From Year=1906 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	189	312	479	617	842	1000	1190	1155	1000	767	415	198	8163
40 S	189	500	980	1597	2438	3438	4628	5784	6784	7551	7966	8163	8163
45 M	80	178	325	467	687	850	1035	1000	850	612	268	84	6436
45 S	80	257	583	1050	1736	2586	3621	4622	5472	6084	6352	6436	6436
50 M	23	72	181	318	532	700	880	845	700	457	142	24	4875
50 S	23	95	276	595	1127	1826	2706	3552	4252	4709	4851	4875	4875
55 M	4	17	73	182	378	550	725	690	550	305	54	4	3532
55 S	4	21	94	276	654	1203	1929	2619	3169	3474	3528	3532	3532
60 M	0	1	18	82	232	400	570	535	401	167	12	0	2419
60 S	0	2	19	101	333	733	1304	1839	2240	2406	2418	2419	2419

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	95	175	285	378	519	617	717	700	618	481	252	104	4942
50 S	95	270	555	933	1452	2069	2786	3486	4104	4585	4837	4942	4942

M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu